Ethiopian Amber

Ethiopian Amber
Age (Ma)
Start:	23
End:	16
System/Period:	Neogene
Series/Epoch:	Miocene
Stage/Age:	Priabonian
Location
Country:	Ethiopia
Diversity
Genera:	4
Species:	4

Originally thought to be of Cretaceous age, this amber is now known to be much younger in age, likely Miocene (Perrichot et al., 2016, 2018, 2019).

A fossil dolichoderine was reported from Ethiopian amber by LaPolla et al. (2013: suppl. fig. 5) but this specimen is currently under study and has yet to be formally described.

Genera known from Ethiopian amber

Species known from Ethiopian amber

References

LaPolla, J. S.; Dlussky, G. M.; Perrichot, V. 2013. Ants and the fossil record. Annual Review of Entomology 58:609-630.
Perrichot, V., Salas-Gismondi, R., Antoine, P.-O. 2019. The ant genus Tapinoma Förster (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Miocene amber of Peru. Palaeoentomology 2(6): 585-590 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.8).

Fossil Ants

Taxa by Rank

All • Subfamilies • Genera • Species

Geologic Age

Cretaceous • Eocene • Miocene • Oligocene • Paleocene • Pliocene

Formations

Amber	Arkansas • Baltic • Belarus • Bitterfeld • Borneo • Burmese • Charentese • Danish • Dominican • Ethiopian • Foremost Formation • Fushun • Mexican • North Carolina • Oise • Peruvian • Raritan (New Jersey) • Rovno • Sakhalin • Sicilian • Sumatran • Taimyr • Zhangpu

Impression	Aix-en-Provence, France • Amgu River • Auxillac, France • Baikura • Barstow Formation • Bembridge Marls • Berezovsky Massif • Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya • Bournemouth • Brunn-Vösendorf, Austria • Brunstatt, France • Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana • Celas, France • Chon-Tyz Mine • Crato, Brazil • Decín, Czech Republic • Eckfeld, Germany • Elko, Nevada • Emanra Formation • Enspel Formation • Epecuen Formation • Florissant • Fonseca Formation • Foulden Maar Diatomite • Green River Formation • Horsefly River, British Columbia • Iki Island, Japan • Isle of Purbeck • Joursac, France • Khronya Cape • Kishenehn Formation Shale • Kleinkems, Germany • Klondike Formation • Kuban Province • Kuclín, Czech Republic • Kzyl-Zhar • Lac Chambon, France • Lake Victoria, Kenya • Mae Sot, Thailand • Malyi Kamyshlak • McAbee • Menat Formation • Messel • Mo-Clay • Mokrina, Czech Republic • Montagne d'Andance, France • Most Formation • Oeningen, Switzerland • Ola Formation • Orapa • Ormety, Georgia • Parschlug, Austria • Paskapoo Formation • Puryear, Tennessee • Quesnel, British Columbia • Radoboj • Rott, Germany • Schossnitz, Poland • Shanwang, China • Sweetwater, Wyoming • Varvara Formation • Velikaya Kema • Ventana Formation • Vishnevaya Balka Creek • Wellborn, Texas • Willershausen, Germany • Yantardakh

Ichnofossils